Virus, maleware, spam on my computer-NFF

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

I have all these popup ads on my computer.

They are driving me crazy.

The big one is "Ad by SMartComapare".

On Gregg Machel's recomendation I down loaded a maleware subscription with Malewarebytes.com.

I think it found some bad stuff and eliminated it but not this 'Ad by SMartComapare'

[tcorfey]

Bill,

Malware bytes works great but some of those critters are really pesky. One tip that may help is if you remove your drive and set it up as a second drive on a different computer that does not have the infection. (Frys has usb adapters that allow you to connect your hard drive as a second drive via a USB cable.) Your drive will become drive D. Then scan your drive (drive D) and the offending malware will usually be found and eliminated. Then put your drive back in to your computer and start it up.

If it is still there then you have to get a little more creative in finding and eliminating it.